Playing-ball.



No. 709,412. Patented Sept. l6, I902.

E. ,KEM'PSHALL.

PLAYING BALLQ (Application filed July 5. 1902.)

UNITE STATES PATENT ()FFICE.

ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, OFBOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

PLAYING-BALE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters BatentliTo. 709,412, dated September 16, 1902. Application filed July 5, 1902. Serial No. 114,438. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ELEAZER KEMPSHALL, a citizen of the United States, residing in Boston, in the county of Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Playing Balls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to playing-balls such as used in golf and other games; and its objects are to improve their quality, efficiency,

and durability.

In the drawings forming part of this specification, Figure l is a view of the completed ball, partly broken away to show its construction; and Fig. 2 is aviewillustrating the manher, of winding the core;

Upon a center piece A of. suitable material-such, for instance, as soft rubber-I wind elastic belting 2, layer over layer, in miscellaneous directions under high tension. Previous to or during the process of winding the elastic belting I apply to the under side thereof a coating of cement B, preferably a solution of celluloid, so that the layers become cemented one upon another. The cement B may be applied by a brush 3 or otherwise.- Upon the core 0 thus formed I apply a shell 4, of plastic material, preferably cel 1nloid,inwhich is embedded a perforated shell 5, of metal or other suitable material, and the whole is compressed between suitable heating and finishing dies, the shell preferably holding the core under high compresbut other forms of elastic bands or be1t'ing such, for instance, as pure rubber-may be used without departing from the spirit of this invention. In case pure rubber is used, however, rubber cement may be substituted for celluloid solution.

Having described my invention, 1 claim- 1. A playing-ball comprising a core made up partially of windings of elastic belting, said elastic belting being cemented together with celluloid cement, and a shell of celluloid holdingsaid core under compression.

2. A playingball comprising a yielding core, windings of elastic belting miscellaneously applied to said core, said belting being cemented together, and a shell consisting of plastic material and metal holding said core under compression.

3. A playing-ball comprising a rubber core, elastic belting wound thereon in difierent directions, celluloid cement holding layer upon layer, and a shell of celluloid and metal holding said core under compression.

4. Aplaying-ball comprising a rubber core, elastic belting wound thereon in diiferent directions, said belting being faced with celluloid cement and adhering one layer to another, and a shell composed of layers of plastic material and metal holding said core under compression.

5. Aplaying-ball comprising a rubber core, elastic belting wound thereon in different directions, said belting being faced with celluloid cement and adhering one layer to another, a shell comprising layers cfcelluloid, and a hard perforated material holding said core under compression.

ELEAZER KEMPSHALL.

Witnesses:

B. O. STICKNEY, JOHN O. SEIFERT. 

